I've decided to shut down this blog. I still have motivation to write and I still enjoy writing, but this blog has not been helping me move toward my goals, nor has it achieved what it was supposed to.
This blog originally was going to be a space for me to organize my thoughts and communicate with other people about what is going on in life; however it failed at that. It's not because I didn't work hard enough, it's just that the premise was all wrong: An online journal about random thoughts does not attract people, so my blog failed in doing what a blog is supposed to do - communicate something to other people. Instead this became the site of my own personal "mental masturbation," only I took a few minutes to try to organize things into paragraphs and check spelling. It serves the same purpose as a journal - except slightly more tedious and limited to thoughts that won't hurt anyone that might read it.
I've realized over the past few days that communicating with others is far more important to me than organizing my thoughts, and personal development does not need a blog in order to be successful. Instead of putting effort into this blog, I'm going to take that energy and put it into other areas of my life that involve real communication with people.
I have thought about setting up a space rather than a blog, something that follows what I'm doing in life with pictures, videos and stories, but I'm not sure what I or other people would get out of that. I don't want to put a ton of work into something that doesn't help me and no one will care about. I'm just not that interesting.
People care about themselves, so in order to really communicate with them you have to relate to them, and I've failed to do that. There is no sense in going on. If I need to organize my thoughts I will do it in a word document. Goodbye to everybody (I think there are a few of you out there). Thanks for your support. Wow this feels good. :)
- Jason Sharp
- Beijing, China
- Age 22. I speak Chinese and I live in Beijing. I'm here looking to gain perspective on the world after I became disillusioned with the American lifestyle. I am an ardent observer and learner. I fall into things easily: love, video games, or some other new interest. I got that from my dad. I care about everyone I meet, deeply. I got that from my mom. I used to think I was lost. I've realized that with that mindset I'll never "find myself." I wasn't lost, I just lacked strength to create a life I deep down inside know I should be living. This is that journey
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Hmm, well I can totally understand your motivations for shutting it down, I think it takes a lot of courage and conviction to know in your heart what you have to do and to actually do it. Being one of your loyal readers, I'd have to say that I'm sad to se eyou go, because your blog was one of the major motivations for me continuing to write my blog as well. Hard to see one of my blog buddies go down :(.
But at the same time, I know what you mean about it being difficult to really relate to others in a way where they can actually get something out of the blog. But I think if I've learned anything about blogs, it's that people actually do get more out of it than you can possibly imagine. Even just relating your experiences, however convoluted or badly written it may be, there are always people out there that can relate to it and appreciate it, as long as it's written from the heart and it's real life as you know it. And I think you've had some really inspiring blogs from my view that I've drawn strength from to write my own blog.
I hope that you continue to write though, in whatever capacity you decide to, and that you can eventually come back stronger than ever. I'll be continuing to hold down the fort with my own blog, because I feel like I've been making some progress despite me being so busy. Thanks for taking the time to write all the blogs that you did, and I hope that you will continue to pursue personal development with the same intensity, because I think we can both agree that we've grown from this experience, albeit in different ways. Good luck man!
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